Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery

Emergency General Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05664360
• Other study ID #: EGS1
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: University Hospital, Geneva
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate the incidence of emergency general surgery in a Swiss University Hospital, (2) to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing such interventions, and (3) to study the impact of age on the outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 310914
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• consecutive patients visiting the emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

• admitted primarily for a psychiatric reason

• left without consultation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Emergency General Surgery

Intervention

Other:
• Age (young versus older)
Age

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Geneva

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of emergency general surgery	Emergency general surgery following ED visit	Day 3
Secondary	Admission to intensive care unit rate	Admission to intensive care unit	During index hospitalization
Secondary	ICU length of stay	Number of days spent in the ICU during hospital stay	During index hospitalization
Secondary	30-day mortality rate	30-day mortality	30 days
Secondary	90-day mortality rate	90-day mortality	90 days
Secondary	One-year mortality rate	One-year mortality	One year
Secondary	Hospital length of stay	Hospital length of stay	During index hospitalization
Secondary	Rate of patient dependent at discharge	Dependent at discharge	Hospital discharge